Portal:Water/Opportunities for Citizen Journalists

We need your help to uncover the oil and gas industry public relations and propaganda efforts regarding the push for fracking. If you see an ad from a company or front group minimizing the consequences of drilling for methane and its effects on drinkable water please contact our new tipline: tipline AT sourcewatch.org. We also need your help researching the profits, executive pay, lobbying expenditures, and safety records of the companies pushing to expand methane drilling. Here is a research guide on: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Help:How_to_research_U.S._corporations http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SourceWatch:How_to_research_front_groups
 * How to Research U.S. Companies:
 * How to Research Front Groups:

And here are some of the companies that need greater scrutiny on these issues (there are dozens of corporations listed on the Marcellus Shale page):
 * 2011 NAT GAS Act
 * America's Natural Gas Alliance
 * Atlas Energy Resources or Atlas Inc.
 * Apache Corporation
 * Cheniere Energy, Inc.
 * CNG Now ("Clean" Natural Gas Now)
 * Devon Energy Company
 * EnCana Corporation
 * Gazprom
 * Statoil
 * XTO Energy, Inc.